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Title: Captain America: Civil War
Author: Marvel
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Action/Adventure, Superhero, Sci Fi, Fantasy, drama
My Rating: 4.5 Stars!!! (****)
Official Rating: PG-13
Age Group: 13&older
Summary:
Helmut Zemo’s family was killed by one of the Avenger’s exploits, making him vengeful. To try to get even, he devises a plan to tear the team from the inside, which would prove much more effective than trying to kill them himself. When certain events happen resulting in deaths of innocent people (including the king of Wakanda), the world starts seeing Superheroes as more of a threat than a safety. In an attempt to make things right, the United Nation’s government makes the Avengers decide between letting them govern their actions or to retire as a superhero. The team divides themselves, with one side for the idea of the government judging whether an emergency is important enough for them to save people, and the other against. After multiple epic battle scenes, Tony Stark finds evidence that the Avengers were framed just so they would fight each other. Though there were multiple plots and countless twists, the Avengers managed to resolve it all without killing each other.
Word of Warning:
Swearing: Actually, not much swearing considering this is a Marvel movie. Compared to most others, this one is pretty clean in this aspect.
Blood: Lots of blood and gore.
Violence: Considering most of the movie is fighting, lots of violence.
My Thoughts:
Man. This was a great movie. I’d heard good things, I’d heard bad things, but nothing that prepared me to what I saw in the theater. Sure, there was some questionable scenes where I was like, um, what just happened, but overall it was just a really good movie! It had everything I wanted: Action, adventure, comedy, even some feels! The fight from the inside had me on the edge of my seat, and although I was on Cap’s side, there was a couple times during the movie where I second guessed myself and thought that Iron Man had some pretty valid points with his argument. Like any Marvel movie though, the pace was too fast and multiple times during the movie I was left with that feeling where you go, what the heck just happened, and then just forget it because the next scene is playing. I loved how there were a lot of super heroes, ranging from Ant-Man to Spider Man to even Black Panther! And as always, Marvel never fails to impress me with it multiple plotlines and how everything ties together at the end even though you have no idea what is going on in the middle. This movie was really good, much better than I thought it would be.
Author Bio:
Hello! I am a decent author, with a number of literature and writing classes under my belt. In my free time, I like to experiment with my awesome tree power and my sweet Super Ninja Monkey Magical Dragon skills. I have Master’s degrees in weirdness and eating sugar from the U of Me, and hopefully at least a minor in awesomeness. Don’t know for sure about that one though. You can find me fishing, hanging out with friends, being weird, eating sugar, practicing how to be awesome (have to take lessons), and perfecting my Super Ninja Monkey Magical Dragon. My newest accomplishment is granting wishes.
2 comments:
Love love love the enthusiastic writing from this decent author who drafted this decent review! Made me almost want to jump right on the wagon and go see the movie --though I will probably see the rental version....
I was a bit surprised to read that the speed of graphics in this movie hindered some understanding of what was happening. Here I thought it was just us older folks who wished they would slow down a bit sometimes. But then Marvel exists because of their use of visuals I guess.
I'd say with a few more grammar lessons and a little added detail (one ex: Tony Stark--not everyone knows how to connect this character with this movie since the title is Captain America), this author is on the way to becoming a defining force for something. --sure hope this person is fighting for our side like the Avengers. ;-D)
Reading this review was exciting, from beginning to end--just like the movie. Thanks for giving us another new voice on your blog. Fun reading.
Hello grandma jane,
Yes, I agree, this student is a very enthusiastic writer with a great deal of personality that shines through her writing.
No, I think her point about the graphics was right on, and I'm impressed she brought it up. It's an issue a lot of us have with the movies, this one in particular.
Thanks for reading! I'll pass your comment along to her. It was fun giving them the option to post on here, and fun posting their work. Hopefully I'll be able to do this again in the future.
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